The CT 2.0, a prototype vehicle running on gasoline for team Alérion Supermileage from Université Laval on the track during the final day of the Shell Eco-marathon Americas in Detroit, April 24, 2016. (Photo: Bryan Mitchell/AP Images for Shell)

The idea is controversial but municipalities are starting to get on board

Left to right: Ed Whittingham, executive director of the Pembina Institute, Tim Gray, executive director of Environmental Defence, and Sidney Ribaux, executive director of Équiterre, sign a document forming a new partnership that will see the three organizations work together to influence the creation of a national climate change strategy. (Photo: Alexandra Pope/Canadian Geographic)